Tifari News

2010 News

January 21-24, Novi, MI Piper showed in Rally on Thursday and earned 3rd place to complete her Rally Excellent title. On Friday she showed in Obedience and took 2nd place! On Sunday she took MAJOR reserve in Conformation! Whew What a weekend. To make things even better Luna, earned her CGC-Canine Good Citizen Certificate in Las Vegas!!!
Jan. 27-28, Dayton, OH Piper showed at an International Dog Show and earned her Championship title. Along the way she earned 2 Group placements and a Reserve Best Bred By in Show! What an accomplishment! Also, Kathy got a new Puppy for Tifari's future. His name is Sawyer. Please visit his page for more details.

Rylee and Kathy earning more points!

2009 Highlights

Piper and Neila both Finished their UKC Championships with Ease.
Rylee, Darby, Ramsay, Neila, and Piper all finished their Junior Lure Coursing titles (JC) Tango is 1/2 way there. Piper, Neila and Rylee went on to earn their Senior Lure Coursing title (SC), and Neila earned her Field Championship(FC) with Three, 5-Point Majors!! Piper earned one 5-Point Major and needs just one major to finish.
Ramsay and Rylee earned their RN- Rally Novice titles. Piper went on to also earn her Rally Advanced title-RA.
Piper Earned her CD- Companion Dog Obedience title
Rylee Earned her IABCA International Championship. (CH)
Neila, Ruby, and Ramsay all earned their CGC-Canine Good Citizen Certifications this year.
Ramsay, Piper, and Henry attended the ridgeback rodeo and all 3 herded the sheep like PRO's to earn their Herding Instinct Certifications (HIC)

May 25-31st was the RRCUS 2009 National Specialty in Lansing, MI. Please Check out the National Page for more info on the MANY Tifari Wins! Foosa, Ramsay, Neila, Piper and Rylee all attended. It was another great turnout for Tifari!
Foosa completed her Agility Excellent (AX) Title and Neila and Piper started their Agility careers. Neila Earned her Novice Agility title (NA) and has legs towards even more titles. Piper Earned 3 Q's towards her Novice titles as well. We can not wait to get them into the ring in 2010!
Rylee, Neila, Piper, and Ramsay all earned more points towards their AKC Championships, with Rylee earning a major!!!!!.
Foosa's second Litter went home on Valentine's Day! Please visit their litter page for more details!

2008 Highlights

Foosa made the RRCUS TOP 10 Ridgeback in Obedience!! She is the number 4 Open dog overall!
Foosa also placed in the RRCUS Agility Top 20, (she was number 13) again this year!
Foosa earned 3 more points towards her AKC CH along the way earning 1 BOS, 1 BW, and 2 more reserves.
Foosa earned her TDI- Therapy dog Certification
In Agility Kayin completed his OAJ- Open Agility Jumpers Title and Foosa earner her OA, OAJ, OF, and AXJ Agility titles!
Foosa earned her CDX, Companion Dog excellent Title, she is the first dog to earn this high of an obedience title here at Tifari.
Rylee & Piper (2 of Foosa's pups) earned their Canine Good Citizen titles.
Rylee earned her HIC, Herding Certification at the Ridgeback Rodeo
Piper and Rylee both earned their first AKC points towards their AKC Champion Titles
Piper also earned a puppy Match Group 1 and Group 2 along the way.
Piper earned her RN, Rally Novice title
Angie was the RRCUS #22 Owner/Handler
Foosa completed her VC-Versatility Certificate in May and 6 months later completed all the requirements for her VCX -Versatility Certificate Excellent Award! What an accomplishent for only being 3 years old!!
The Tifari Girls Clean House at the 2008 RRCUS National Specialty in Gettysburg, PA! CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL BRAG PAGE!!
Foosa also had her first litter of 8 pups in March.. For photo's visit the gallery All 8 pups passed their puppy socilization classes with ease and look foreword to trying new things in 2009!

2007 Highlights

Foosa made 2 RRCUS top 20 lists --Agility and Obedience
Foosa earned her HIC- Herding Instinct Certification and passed her TT-Temperament Test at the Ridgeback Rodeo
Kayin passed his TT at the Ridgeback Rodeo
Foosa Earned her IABCA International Championship, earning 3 "Group Firsts" along the way!
Foosa earned her RA-Rally Advanced, and her RE-Rally excellent titles and placed in the ribbons 5/6 of her qualifing scores all in the 90's
Foosa earned her NA, NAJ, NF Agility titles with mostly first placements
Foosa earned her SC- Senior Courser Lure Coursing title
Foosa earned 11 AKC points (including a major) towards her CH Along the way she got 1 Best of Breed, 3 Best in Opposite Sex ribbons, and 4 reserves.
Foosa won Highest Scoring RR in Rally at the Raisin River Regional Specialty (and won a neat trophy)
Foosa earned her UKC Championship with a Group 2 and a couple Group 4's
Angie is #24 top Owner/Handler
Foosa was 3rd place Singles Stake Lure Coursing at the 2007 RRCUS National Specialty in Cincinnati, Ohio.

2006

Foosa was #17 in the top 20 list for RRCUS Obedience
Foosa earner her CD- Companion Dog and her RN- Rally Novice titles
Foosa earned her CGC-Canine Good Citizen
Kayin earned his OA- Open Agility title
Angie is #32 Novice Owner/Handler

2005

Kayin earns his VC title - only one of 7 Ridgeback to qualify for this title this year!
Kayin made the RRCUS Agility Top 20 list
Kayin earned his CD, SC, RN, NA, NAJ, titles all this year.
We got a new puppy--Foosa! Emerald Isle's Simply Irresistible
Angie is #26 Novice Owner/Handler

2004

Kayin earned his ASFA FCH-Field Champion titles in 2.5 months of lure Coursing.
Kayin earned his JC- Junior Lure Courser title
Kayin earned his CGC- Canine Good citizen

"Pedigree indicates what the animal should be, Conformation indicates what the animal appears to be, Performance indicates what the animal actually is...."
~Unknown